Logical Reasoning

PT4 · S4 · Q2 If we are to expand the

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If we are to expand the exploration of our solar system, our next manned flight should be to Phobos, one of Mars’s moons, rather than to Mars itself.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

2.

Which one of the following, if true, would most help to explain the difference in fuel requirements?

  1. More equipment would be required

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Smaller spaceships require less fuel

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. Information learned during the trip

    Trap

    0% picked this

  4. The shortest distance between Phobos

    Trap

    5% picked this

  5. Correct

    Lift-off for the return trip

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

    Skill tested: Paradox · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    92% picked this

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